Pocket-size rodent attracts big fan base and $41,000 in donations to National Zoo

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Or in this case, maybe beauty is only skin deep. In just a few weeks, the National Zoo has collected tens of thousands of dollars to build its naked mole-rats a new home.

In case you missed it, these blind, mostly hairless rodents from east Africa have a big fan-base at the zoo. It’s enough to make even the pandas jealous.